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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Which is Better, to Maintain a Few or Many Chicken Bloodlines?

Every
breeder has own style regarding on his method of breeding. There are some
breeders that they love to maintain so many different bloodlines in their farm.
They treat every bloodline as special because every gamefowl has their own
characteristic and they want to discover what it is. So, it doesn’t matter if
it’s Kelso, Roundhead, Hatch, Dom, etc. If they can acquire all the bloodlines
in the world, they will do it. But of course, it is still depends on the
capacity of their budget and to the cleverness of a breeder. We knew that it is
not easy to maintain many bloodlines. But they accepted it and considered this
as a challenge. For they love to do a lot of experiments. When they become
successful that’s already a great accomplishment and they will feel fulfillment
as a breeder.

But
to the other breeders, they don’t like to maintain so many bloodlines. Two to
four bloodlines are already enough. They don’t want to bother themselves for
doing a lot of experiments. They only breed their favorite bloodlines. What
they are doing is they are only cycling their bloodlines. They believed that by
doing this, they could save a lot of time and energy from infusing so many bloodlines.
Then, they don’t have assurance which bloodlines are good and what are the
worst one. They are convincing new breeders that they should also practice what
they are doing. So, they will not mislead from their breeding. For them, if you
have only limited bloodlines, it is easy to make a signature bloodline compare
to maintaining too many bloodlines. You’re only looking for headache and other
people may call you as a chopsuey breeder. But make sure that maintain only the
best chickens. It is better if you acquire it from the respected breeders in
the country.

In
the end, as a breeder, you have still a freedom what to choose. If you maintain
a few or many bloodlines into your farm. As long as yo’re happy with it, just
go ahead.. If you’re not becoming succesful from your breeding, you can change
it and make an adjustments until you become contented with the result of your
breeding. If we can compare chicken breeding to human lives, it is also a continual
process of learning. So, just always fill your mind with knowledge. We can
measure our success as a breeder, if our products has a high percentage of
winning in the cockpit.